place
Kreshchenskoye
also: Крещенское, Kreshchensk
A peasant village some five or six versts from the Dyadkino estate where a catastrophic fire breaks out one autumn night, eventually consuming half the village, its wooden church, and killing six people.
Reading notes
- An Unkind Night §6 в Крещенском
Kreshchenskoye takes its name from Kreshchenie (Крещение), the Orthodox feast of the Epiphany/Baptism of Christ -- a common source for Russian village place-names, marking the local parish's patronal feast.